Strickland Anti-Slot Machines

Gubernatorial candidate Ted Strickland is against bringing slot machines into the state of Ohio. He knows that there is an education problem, as well as a tax problem, but he does not think that slot machines are the answer. As every candidate does at one point or another, he said that he was not going to raise taxes, and not bring in slot machines. Many wonder where the money will come from.

At an open forum recently, said, “With the current knowledge available I will not raise taxes.” He also said that he had a plan called the “Turn Around Ohio Plan,” which focuses on many of the areas that the slot machines are supposed to fix. One major issue that slot machine funding was supposed to go to was the growing educational cost in Ohio to attend a state school. His opponent, current Secretary of State Ken Blackwell says that Strickland has an empty agenda and does not know what it takes to run a state, and thinks that Strickland shouldn’t be so quick to dismiss funding opportunities like slot machines.

Strickland did say that although he did not feel slot machines were the answer, he did say that the average cost of education in Ohio was 45% higher than the national average. He wants to find a way to make education affordable without resorting to slot machines coming into the state. "If the people of Ohio make the decision to support this initiative, of course, I will follow the directive, but I think this is a questionable provision to put this into our state's constitution. As I understand, the funds generated from slot machines will only be available to the top five percent of students …Those students will be receiving scholarships anyway," he said.

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